Andy Suggitt

An ecologist specialising in climate change @NUGeog @NorthumbriaUni. More importantly, a huge fan of the outdoors. He/him. Personal account.

[Andy Suggitt @andysuggitt]

📢New research alert! Our new paper investigating the interactive effects of land-use change and climate change on biodiversity is out this week in @NatureComms! This includes a shiny new land-use change map for Britain. A thread on the findings...🧵(1/17) https://t.co/ORmLyXelyV

[Andy Suggitt @andysuggitt]

Some fantastic news from Sycamore Gap ⛰️ 🌳 ⛰️ , where everyone’s favourite tree is ALREADY re-shooting! 🌱🌱🌱 For it to do this only ~9 months after being felled is the sign of a healthy & resilient tree https://t.co/WUM2OIl6Q3

[Andy Suggitt @andysuggitt]

Another great piece of research from one of our @NUGeog PhD ducklings !🦆🦆🦆Tracking the fate of seagrass over time on the Maldivian archipelago via ground-truthed remote sensing. Such important work @matthewmartinf

[Matthew Floyd @matthewmartinf]

🚨🚨New paper and first PhD chapter🚨🚨

Rapid seagrass meadow expansion in an Indian Ocean bright spot

We show that Maldivian seagrass habitat has expanded 3-fold in area over the last two decades and the habitat is associated with inhabited islands!
https://t.co/GsmSx3rexI
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[Andy Suggitt @andysuggitt]

Out today! New research from the awesome @Kateehalstead @ONEPlanetDTP on the effect of Storms Arwen and Barra on Oak trees (Quercus robur and Q. petraea). Unusual wind direction (northerly) seemed to cause more windsnap vs other comparable storms ('87) https://t.co/MPqhtV0SJu

[Andy Suggitt @andysuggitt]

@ZarahPattison @tandfonline @RoyalMail @RoyalMailHelp sorry to see that :-( best one I had was a royal mail delivery driver unbolt my side gate, wander into my back garden & then break in to my shed by pulling the door back on the hinge & chuck a parcel inside. I reported it to local sorting office and they told me 'so what?'.

[Andy Shepherd @AndyShep_CPOM]

Fantastic to see our applicants (and their parents) enjoying themselves at our #NUX experience day on the weekend with @andysuggitt and @ChrisBullOceanO

Predator (ladybirds) v prey (aphids) is always a popular activity - a gift from the very wonderful Mike Jeffries !

[Andy Suggitt @andysuggitt]

And ICYMI I did a full thread on this project a few months back: 🧵 https://t.co/DL97wZcMkK

[Andy Suggitt @andysuggitt]

📢New research alert! Our new paper investigating the interactive effects of land-use change and climate change on biodiversity is out this week in @NatureComms! This includes a shiny new land-use change map for Britain. A thread on the findings...🧵(1/17) https://t.co/ORmLyXelyV

[Andy Suggitt @andysuggitt]

🗺️New! We wrote an article for the @RGS_IBG all about maps- and specifically on how @AGAuffret & myself & a fab team of researchers quantified the huge changes in land use in GB over the mid-late 20th Century. Access the land conversion maps for free here https://t.co/AsomPBrnvE

[Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) @RGS_IBG]

🗺️ Our latest geovisualisation is live, and it explores mapping land-use change in Great Britain over the 20th century. 🛰️

Read the full write-up here 👉 https://t.co/kjj3OHtjMs
#Geovisualisation #Mapping

[Alistair Auffret @AGAuffret]

Our new study in @NatureEcoEvo looks at how assemblages of birds, butterflies and plants have changed across Great Britain in the last 50 or so years.

🔗https://t.co/KiJe7bDF92
🧵Some key results

[Ignacio Garcia @IgnacioGarciaGT]

It is an honour to have one of the best unis in UK @NorthumbriaUni / 2024 @NUGeog Geography Field Trip. Display of equipment associated to atmospheric and soil sampling to be used in #Tenerife. #environmentalsciences / Team supervised by @andysuggitt Logistics: @GeoTenerife

[Joe Stanley @JoeWStanley]

Robert, Ian & Keith getting absolutely nailed by the supermarkets this year.

15p per bag.

Normally supply chain abuse & financial unsustainability is set at 19p at this time of year - and costs have spiralled in 2023.

Effing grim.

[Andy Suggitt @andysuggitt]

@Naturalcalendar Last sunrise before the solstice in South-east Northumberland (tomorrow cloudy!) ⛅️

[Koenraad Van Meerbeek @K_VanMeerbeek]

Do you have interesting #microclimate research you want to share with the scientific community? Please submit an abstract for the BG3.27 session 'Advances in Microclimate Research: Methodologies, Applications, Trends, and Adaptation Strategies' at #EGU2024 https://t.co/8Ry2UGmjsZ

[Dave@WatergateBayAM @WatergateBayAM]

WTF Whipsidderry. Another predictable rock fall. We’ve now surely, due to the developer’s arrogance, lost all future access, via the steps, to the beach. @BBCCornwall @CornwallCouncil @NewquayCouncil

[UCU Northumbria - SHY BAIRNS GET NOWT! @UCUNUbranch]

Does your workplace have a policy for supporting neurodiverse staff? If so, would you get in touch and share it with us at @UCUNUbranch? @Autism @autismspeaks @AutismSociety @autismtalknd @awnnetwork_ @AutisticGirls_ @NEAutismSociety

[Andy Suggitt @andysuggitt]

@crawley_mick My immediate thought was that Cycads aren’t trees, but of course, this isn’t a Cycad…

[Andy Suggitt @andysuggitt]

@jon_bennie @crawley_mick Torbay palm!

[Andy Suggitt @andysuggitt]

@crawley_mick are you counting privet?

[Andy Suggitt @andysuggitt]

@MBerthaume @nhcooper123 @MethodsEcolEvol It’s a good point but the integration of Generative AI (via LLMs) within Word is only a matter of time. It’s already available as the ‘copilot’ extension.

[Back-on-Track.eu @BackOnTrackEU]

Here's our new #nighttrains map for 2024 including the new lines starting today. Anything missing? Any mistakes? Please note we don't include irregular car-only and cruise trains.